How to watch the 2026 Sundance Film Festival online

Organized by the Sundance Institute, which was founded by Robert Redford, the Sundance Film Festival is the biggest independent film festival in the U.S. It’s been running since 1978, giving newcomers and established veteran storytellers a launchpad for their independent movies and a real shot at finding distribution, critical acclaim, or if you’re something like A Real Pain, both.

2026 marks the last time the Sundance Film Fest will take place in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah – its new home from 2027 will be Boulder, Colorado. However, you don’t necessarily have to visit the cinema fest in person. Since 2021, the Sundance Film Festival has been running an online program that lets folks in the U.S. catch a few titles of their liking from the comfort of their home.

How to watch the Sundance Film Festival online in the US

Online screenings for the 2026 Sundance Film Festival will be available from January 29 to February 1. It's worth noting that online screenings are only available for the last few days of the entire film fest, which will run from Jan 22 to Feb 1.

Online viewers have five ticket options: single tickets for online movies ($35 apiece), a short films pass ($45 apiece), single film/short films bundle ($60 apiece), a festival pass ($815 apiece), and a festival package ($350 apiece). You can check out all the details and purchase an online Sundance Film Fest ticket here.

Once you start a movie, you will have five hours to complete it. if you start an Indie Episodic entry, you have 12 hours to complete the available episodes. Lastly, there's no time limit to finish watching a selected short film. You can watch by either logging in to the Sundance site on a browser or by downloading the Sundance Film Festival Player app on a compatible device.

Can I watch 2026 Sundance Film Festival in the UK, Australia or Canada?

Unfortunately, not. Sundance Film Festival have strict rules on viewing with it only permitted in the US.

What you need to know about the Sundance Film Festival online

2026 Sundance Film Festival dates

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 22 to February 1 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with online screenings available from January 29 to February 1.

2026 Sundance Film Festival available titles

U.S. Dramatic Competition

Bedford Park

Carousel

The Friend’s House Is Here

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

Hot Water

Josephine

The Musical

Run Amok

Take Me Home

Union County

U.S. Documentary Competition

American Doctor

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

Barbara Forever

Joybubbles

The Lake

Nuisance Bear

Public Access

Seized

Soul Patrol

Who Killed Alex Odeh?

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Big Girls Don’t Cry

How to Divorce During the War

Extra Geography

Filipiñana

Hold Onto Me

The Huntress

LADY

Levitating

Shame and Money

Tell Me Everything

World Cinema Documentary Competition

All About the Money

Birds of War

Closure

Everybody to Kenmure Street

Kikuyu Land

One in a Million

Sentient

Hanging by a Wire

Silenced

To Hold a Mountain

NEXT

Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]

BURN

Ghost in the Machine

If I Go Will They Miss Me

The Incomer

Jaripeo

Night Nurse

TheyDream

Zi

Premieres

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

Antiheroine

The Brittney Griner Story

Chasing Summer

THE DISCIPLE

Frank & Louis

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

The Gallerist

Give Me the Ball!

The History of Concrete

I Want Your Sex

In the Blink of an Eye

The Invite

Jane Elliott Against the World

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

The Last First: Winter K2

The Moment

The Oldest Person in the World

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story

Queen of Chess

See You When I See You

The Shitheads

Time and Water

Troublemaker

The Weight

When a Witness Recants

Wicker

Midnight

The Best Summer

Buddy

Leviticus

Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant

Rock Springs

Saccharine

Undertone

Episodic

BAIT

FreeLance

Soft Boil

Worried

Murder 101

The Oligarch and the Art Dealer

Spotlight

Broken English

Tuner

…and there are plenty more! Check out the full list of titles screening at Sundance this year.